坐洋币又称法属印度支那贸易银圆，亦称安南银元。而所谓贸易银圆，就是一些老牌帝国主义国家为了发展殖民地贸易而发行的银币，坐洋币就是其中之一。1858年，法兰西第二帝国入侵安南（今越南），1884年，强迫安南签订第二次《顺化条约》，安南沦为法国殖民地，为了发展殖民地贸易经济，法西兰第二帝国于1885年开始铸造坐洋币，至1928年共计43年。而在中国的发行时间为1903年至1933年截止，其因中国在1933年实行废两改元后，法国船洋法币逐渐消失，坐洋币也随之消失，因此坐洋币现存量及其稀少，价值不菲。

Sit the currency is also Indochina silver dollar to trade, also known as annan silver. And the so-called trade silver dollar, is some old imperialist countries in order to develop the colonial trade and distribution of silver, by the foreign currency is one of them. In 1858, the second empire invaded kofi annan (now Vietnam), in 1884, forced kofi annan to sign the second hue treaty, annan became a French colony, in order to develop the colonial trade economy, method of sealand second empire began casting by foreign currency, in 1885 to 1928, a total of 43 years. While in China the issue of time for 1903 and 1933 as, waste from China in 1933 for two gaiyuan, after the French ship fiat gradually disappear, sit the currency also disappear, so take the currency standing crop are extremely rare, valuable.
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坐洋银币做工精良，成色足，“坐洋”的形象虽然与其后英国铸造的“ 站洋”中持戟武士傲然挺立船头的形象大相径庭，但却丝毫无法掩盖殖民主义者大规模进行经济侵略的野心。我们常说：“真正的勇士敢于直面惨淡的人生，敢于正视淋漓的鲜血”。坐洋币便是时刻提醒着我们那段不堪回首的历史记忆的极佳物质，让我们以史为鉴，重新出发。正是因为坐洋币具有极高的历史纪念意义，因此坐洋币在银币收藏市场中一直都是是炙手可热的，为广大收藏爱好者的心头好。

Sit the silver well-made, assaying the foot, "by the" image though and followed by British cast of "foreign" hold halberd warriors stand proudly the image of the bow, but no mask colonialists large-scale economic aggression ambitions. We often say: "true warriors dare to face gloomy life, dare to face dripping blood". Sit the foreign currency is to remind us that in the historical memory of the excellent material, let us take history as a mirror and start again. Because by the foreign currency has a very high historical memorial, so take the COINS in the silver market has always been a hot, for the general collector heart good.
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文中所见的该组货币为1905年与1899年发行的坐洋币，两枚银币都保存完好，色泽饱满，图案精美。银币正面的主图为手执束棒的自由女神坐像，坐像的两侧铸法文文字是：REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE（法兰西共和国），下方分别标注有“1905”、“1899”年份。银币背面的主图案为一花环，周圈为说明文字，花环上方铸法文为：FRANCAISE INDO-CHINE（法兰西印度支那），银币花环中间的横向文字为银币的面额：PIASTRE DE COMMERCE(皮阿斯特的贸易银)。银币花环下方文字为：TITRE 0.900 POIDS 27 GR。两枚银币无论从细节还是整体概况都臻于完美，极好地还原了当时货币的原样，透过这两枚硬币我们在领略到当时那高超的艺术制作水准的同时追溯到那个屈辱年代下的社会现状，具有极高收藏价值。

In this paper, we have seen the group published in 1905 and 1899 for currency take the coin, two silver COINS are well preserved, colour and lustre is full, beautifully designed. Silver positive master the graph's statue of liberty is carried fasces, both sides of the cave of casting French words are: REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE (French republic), respectively below marked with "1905", "1899" the year. Silver on the back of the main design for a wreath, circumferential for captions, garlands above cast in French: FRANCAISE INDO - CHINE (French Indochina), silver garland in the middle of the horizontal text for silver COINS denominations: PIASTRE DE COMMERCE (pyat of trade silver). Silver anadem below the text is: the TITRE POIDS 27 0.900 GR. Two silver COINS in detail and the overall situation into perfection, offers an excellent reduction to the currency of the same at the time, through the two COINS we can enjoy the superb art at that time the quality of the production at the same time back to the humiliation of s social status, has a very high collection value.
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虽然坐洋币是真正意义上的曾经在中国流通的外国银币，是法兰西帝国主义在银元贸易中实施经济侵略的实物见证，但是由于坐洋币当年主要是在东南亚地区发行，在中国的流通仅限于南方沿海地区。甚至如今在海南还有当姑娘出嫁时压箱底的风俗。在早期，坐洋的流通是我国对东南亚贸易中起着至关重要的作用，但同时也是外国列强对中国贸易侵害的一个佐证，具有极高的收藏纪念价值。据调查了解：1858年--1887年坐洋银元币，普品市场价150万至200万左右；1898年以后的坐洋银元好品无戳价格为300万左右；1900年的坐洋银元价格为260万至320万左右一枚，特殊版本的坐洋银元，无磕碰无磨损的美品价值都在400万以上。

While sitting in the currency is used in the true sense in China's circulation of foreign COINS, is the French imperialism in silver trade economic invasion of the implementation of physical testimony, but was mainly due to sit the currency issue in southeast Asia, in China's circulation is limited to the southern coastal areas. Even now in hainan and the customs of the closet when the girl get married. In the early days, sit in the circulation is our country in southeast Asia trade plays an important role, but also foreign powers on China trade violations of a case in point, has a very high value of commemorative collection. According to the survey to understand: 1858-1887, the silver COINS, PuPin market price of about 1.5 million to 2 million; After 1898 by the silver product without stamp price about 3 million; In 1900 by the silver price is about 2.6 million to 3.2 million a, a special version of the sat the silver dollar, without knock against wear and tear of the product value are more than 4 million.